Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Photograph of a temple shrine during worship. Two shirtless priests in orange dhotis, one wearing a green and gold turban, stand at the altar offering garlands. Their bodies have white sacred ash markings. They are adorning a deity murti with yellow and red garlands, banana bunches, and white flower strands. A black stone murti stands at right draped in white and red garlands, and a brass lamp sits in the foreground. Gold ornaments and a crown-like headpiece crown the central deity figure. No candidate for a person is clearly visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Night-time temple ritual before a large decorated deity murti dressed in dense garlands of white, yellow and red flowers. Two attendants in orange and saffron dhotis stand at left: one holds a tiered brass aarti lamp lit with many flames while the other, bare-chested with white sacred markings, presses palms together. A third priest in an orange shawl and turban stands at right, facing the deity with hands folded. Brass lamp stands wrapped in flowers flank the scene, and banana leaves and a colourful arch frame the background. The image is a photograph of a temple aarti.2016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Night temple worship before a richly garlanded deity murti decorated with red, white and yellow flower garlands and a crown. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings and an orange cloth around his waist holds a lit lamp toward the deity. A second priest in an orange waist cloth and a shoulder sacred thread stands with his back to the camera. Behind them a golden-framed shrine holds another decorated figure, and a black stone statue on the right wears a white dhoti and garland. Banana stalks, brass lamps and marigold garlands fill the frame.2016-12-19Night-time temple ritual photograph showing a deity murti richly decorated with garlands of yellow marigolds, red roses and white flowers, with a gold crown and gold-embroidered canopy. Several young priests in the foreground wear orange and saffron cloths, white body markings and gold necklaces; one holds a brass lamp and another raises a ritual lamp near the murti. A man in a saffron-orange turban stands with his back to the camera before the decorated deity, and a dark bronze figure with garlands is at the right edge. Banana leaves frame the scene, and a gold shrine arch stands behind. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a temple shrine.2016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Night temple ritual photograph of a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of white jasmine and yellow and red flowers, with a crown and gold ornaments, seated on a palanquin-like throne in front of a gilded arch. Two priests in orange-saffron dhotis stand before it: the nearer one, bare-chested with tilak and a beaded necklace, holds a lit aarti lamp on a tray, while a turbaned priest beside him performs namaskar with folded hands. A third attendant at right, wearing an orange cloth on his head and a white garland, also stands with hands joined. Brass oil lamps and kalasha-like vessels line the foreground, and banana leaves frame the top. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a deity procession or shrine. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.2016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Evening aarti at a temple-style pavilion with a golden deity murti under a decorated arch, its shrine wreathed in banana leaves, marigold garlands and red flowers. Three men in saffron-orange dhotis stand at the centre: the foremost holds a multi-tiered lamp with lit wicks and a long ritual lamp handle, the middle one wears a green-and-gold crown and white vibhuti marks, and a third man with a shaved head and orange turban faces the shrine from behind, bare-backed, wearing a white sacred thread. Black stone lingams and brass lamps line the altar, and women in saris stand at the left edge.2016-12-19